The Open Question Picture File

Elizabeth Robins and The Open Question

The novel fictionalizes Zanesville, Ohio and the Robins family residence, "the fort" in the novel.

Stone Academy in Zanesville, Ohio

(childhood home of Elizabeth Robins)
Stone Academy in Zanesville and Sign
The house is featured in The Open Question
.

Front Door of Academy from Jefferson Street

Front door of Stone Academy from Jefferson Street



Back porch of the Stone Academy

The Open Question describes the addition as
the "wooden L"
Back porch of Stone Academy

Interior, Stone Academy

featuring the map cases used by Charles E. Robins
map cases, interior of Stone Academy



Jane Hussey Robins Grave Stone

Gravestone of Jane Hussey Robins in Zanesville

All photos by Joanne E. Gates

Thanks to the Pioneer & Historical Society of
Muskingum County
and
the John McIntire Library
for hosting
Elizabeth Robins Day
September 27, 1998


Availble on the web from December 1998